Echoism: When Empathy Becomes Self-Erasure

You take up as little space as possible. You mirror the people around you, defer your own needs, apologise for wanting anything at all — until one day you realise you're not quite sure what you want, only what won't be a bother.

In this episode, we talk about echoism — what happens when empathy curdles into self-erasure, and masking becomes a way of vanishing rather than fitting in. We look at how it forms as protection, why it's so easy to mistake for humility, and what it feels like to slowly take your own needs back off mute.

Read the full article: https://www.heyasd.com/blogs/autism/autism-and-echoism-when-empathy-becomes-survival